To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Quote by Jane Austen

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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,...

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument...

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do...

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always...

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself....

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only...

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please,...

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Liberty is always unfinished business

Liberty is always unfinished business

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.